Reserves
Central Banking Awards 2023: third group of winners announced
Awards include economic research, payments reform and risk management services
Bank of Guyana rejects FX criticism
Country’s FX reserves fell to 1.4 months’ worth of export cover in the autumn
Bolivia sells dollars to public as reserves dwindle
Analysts say central bank may not be able to defend its peg much longer
Georgieva backs flexible credit line for Morocco
IMF executive board to consider request for $5 billion facility
Argentine minister announces new dollar rate for winemakers
New bid to help exporters and build reserves after success of soy dollar
Pakistan raises rates by 300bp as default risks rise
Authorities struggle to collect taxes and unlock IMF funds
Colombia central bank transfers $1.6 billion to government
Country escapes trend of central bank losses
Agent-based models shed light on CBDC dynamics
Take-up could be as high as 25% of total money, but depends on design choices, IMF research finds
US court rules plaintiffs cannot seize Afghan reserves
Judge supports earlier ruling that frozen assets belong to Afghan government, not the Taliban
Fed, FDIC, and OCC warn banks over crypto deposits
Risks from crypto firm deposits are correlated, heightened and unpredictable, Fed says
Iran imposes FX controls as currency falls again
Commodities inflation bites ahead of upcoming new year
IMF allows five regional banks to hold SDRs
Development banks in Europe and the Americas are now “prescribed holders”
BoT’s Sethaput on inflation dynamics, central bank mandates and multi-lateral payments
The Bank of Thailand governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about the trend towards higher inflation, the sustainable finance challenge, experiments with CBDCs and governance issues related to multi-lateral payments
Bolivian central bank offers preferential rate for dollars
Dwindling reserves drive new measures to obtain foreign exchange and gold for central bank
Ghana plans to ‘securitise’ debt to central bank
Country struggling to restructure debts and secure IMF loan
Rates round-up: Zimbabwe cuts policy rate to 150%
Azerbaijan raises rates 25bp; Qatar bucks Gulf trend; and more
Alwyn Jordan becomes Barbados central bank’s acting governor
Cleviston Haynes left central bank on January 31 as his term ended
Bolivia seeks reserves boost from retail bond sale
Unusual central bank operation “does not make much sense”, former governor says
Bank of Ghana adds 100bp as crises grind on
IMF reportedly wants end to central bank financing
Sanctions fear drives surge in central bank gold purchases
China, Turkey and India are largest declared buyers, while Russia probably bought big quantities
Rates round-up: Canada to pause after 25bp rate rise
Thailand ups 25bp; Nigeria increases sharply; Angola opts for cut; and more
RBNZ to expand FX reserves
Bigger economy and markets demand larger pool of reserves, central bank says
Pakistan raises rates 100bp amid reserves crisis
Reserves now only enough to cover about three weeks of imports
Eight key elements to managing a central bank
Former governor Peter Nicholl describes eight critical lessons he learned while developing governance and capacity of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina